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Mark Whitaker

I have been shooting since I was a grommet and am now pushing to be a senior, I remember smuggling my 22lr auto into boarding school for a trip to another boys farm for the holidays. Happy memories. Anyway after discovering Nathans web site I have learned more in the last 5 years than the all the years since being a grommet.

Anyway in all of Nathans books he tells us its a lottery in regards to factory barrels. I have been lucky.

I have just returned form the range and getting to know my new Winchester Coyote Light in 243. I've lapped the bolt and nothing else except lightening the stock MOA trigger, still crap at abot 3lb but I still manageged to shoot 0.5 moa with 95gr SST and 2209 with Winchester Brass, Lee collet and Wilson seating VLD stem die.

My other rifles all shoot 0.5moa or less ar 100 yards. Lithgow 22lr plastic stock, lightened trigger by gunsmith. Remington VSSF 223 with jewel BR trigger, Remington SPS SS 300WM with B&C sporter stock, bedded with Jewel trigger, My old Ruger #1 in 375H&H even shot 1moa.

But my Remington SS Mountain Rifle, bedded, Jewel trigger in 7mm08 kicks as much as my 300WM and after over 200 round of 162gr A-Max I stll cannot get it to shoot under 1 moa using Norma Brass, Redding Competition dies and 3 different powders. 8208, 2208 and 2209. The best was 8208 way over pressue at 2750fps.

So time to regroup and fix this stubborn rifle. Plan is to keep it as 7mm08 and 162gr ELD-M.
TruFlight #4 0.70 inch 1:9 twist, 21inches long and a new stock.

Just bloody frustrating